The female velvet ants (aka modkhong) of southern Thailand (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with a key to the genera of southeast Asia
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Williams, Kevin A.
Author
Lelej, Arkady S.
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Okayasu, Juriya
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Borkent, Christopher J.
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Malee, Rufeah
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Thoawan, Kodeeyah
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Thaochan, Narit
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-05-07
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10.5281/zenodo.2669927
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2669927
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30e.
Trogaspidia lingnani
(Mickel, 1933)
,
stat. nov.
(
Figs 152–154
)
Timulla
(
Trogaspidia
)
suspiciosa lingnani
Mickel, 1933b: 310
,
♂
.
Trogaspidia suspiciosa lingmami
:
Chen 1957
: 170
,
♂
.
Trogaspidia sibylla lingnani
:
Lelej 2005
:102
,
♂
Diagnosis.
FEMALE. This species can be recognized by the following characters: the legs are entirely black, the scutellar scale is transverse and ~3 punctures wide, the T1 fringe is predominantly black, the felt line on T2 is simple, the T2 apex has a medially-interrupted band of pale golden setae, T3 has an entire band of pale golden setae, T4 lacks a pale setal band, and the pygidium is broad and striate nearly to the apex. Body length
9.5–11.5 mm
. MALE. See Mickel (1933b).
Material examined. Type material.
Paratype
of
Timulla
(
Trogaspidia
)
suspiciosa lingnani
,
♂
,
CHINA
,
Hainan
,
Beggar Village
,
SW of Nodoa
,
16.VII.1929
,
Lingnan University Fifth
Hainan
Island Expedition
(
SYSM
)
.
Other
material (
9 ♀
and
3 males
)
.
LAOS
,
Attapeu Province
,
Thong Kai Ohk
,
Ban Kachung
environs,
1200–1450 m
,
15
o
0 1'N
107
o
26'E
,
10–24.VI.2011
,
M. Brancucci
,
M. Geiser
,
D. Hauck
,
Z. Kraus
,
A. Phantala
, and E.
Vongphachan
(
4♀
RHMB
)
;
Khammouan Province
,
Nakai-Nam Theun
NPA,
Ban Nav Vang
environs,
600–750 m
,
17
o
57'N
105
o
13'E
,
18–21.V.2012
,
M. Brancucci
,
M. Geiser
,
K. Phanthavong
, and S.
Xayalath
(
1♀
RHMB
)
.
THAILAND
:
Nakhon Si Thammarat
,
4.4 km
N Hin Tok
,
Mountainside
rubber farm,
8.303
o
N
99.849
o
E
,
8.IV.2017
, MKT (
1♀
CSCA
)
;
Satun
,
Tarutao Island
,
Ao Son
,
15.III.1993
,
G.R. Balmer
(
1♀
UCRC
)
;
Surat Thani
,
Khlong Sok
:
Khao Sok Jungle Huts
,
8.909
o
N
99.526
o
E
,
70 m
:
14.V.2018
, MKT (
2♀
CSCA
)
;
25–26.V.2018
, MKT (
1♂
CSCA
)
;
Our Jungle House
resort,
8.908
o
N
99.534
o
E
,
75 m
,
25–27.V.2018
, MKT (
1♀
CSCA
)
;
Khao Lak
,
50 m
,
8
o
54'28"N
98
o
31'51"E
,
20–21.II.2005
,
G.R. Balmer
(
1♀
1♂
in copula
,
UCRC
)
.
Distribution.
China
(
Anhui
,
Fujian
,
Hainan
,
Jiangsu
, Zheijiang),
Laos
* (
Attapeu
,
Khammouan
),
Thailand
* (
Nakhon Si Thammarat
,
Satun
,
Surat Thani
).
Remarks.
This species was until now treated as a subspecies of
T. sibylla
(
Smith, 1857
)
from Borneo and
Indonesia
. Females can readily be separated from
T. sibylla
and
T. pendleburyi
(Pagden, 1934)
from peninsular
Malaysia
because those species lack the interrupted band of golden setae at the T2 apex.